Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

hang out

/ˈhæŋ ˈaʊt/ verb

Forms hangs out hanging out hung out

  1. verb (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, often with with) To spend time with somebody; to regularly meet with somebody. “After the film, do you want to go hang out?”
  2. verb (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To lodge or reside; to exist.
  3. verb (dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out. “The juryman hangs out against an agreement.”
  4. verb (informal) To crave or desperately want (something).
  5. verb (informal) To endure or delay.
  6. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out. “When a dog pants, its tongue often hangs out of its mouth.”

Synonyms

socialize hang with roll with lepak relax

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “hang out”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details